i can't believe there is no1 out there that clever who can answer my question!!!?

Question

there is 3 student and they buying a tv and tv is 30pounds so each student give 10pounds so they got tv but then manager find out that its 25pounds so he gives that 5pounds to his worker to give it back to them three student but the worker takes 2 pounds and give 1 pound back to each student so that means each student payed 9pounds

so 9X3=27
AND WORKER TOOK 2 POUNDS
SOO THATS ADDS UP TO 29
WHERE DID THAT 1POUND GO

IF YOU ANSWER THIS YOUR GENIUS

Everyone coming up with solution such as:

It's a trick of misdirection by adding or subtracting at the wrong times. The worker's 2 pounds should not be ADDED to the students' 27pound number, it should be subtracted.
27-2=25pounds, the amount the manager charged for the TV.

Think of it this way: how much money each individual actually has in his pocket.
3students have 30, then 0 as the manager has 30. He realizes he overcharges, so then the worker has 5, the manger 25, and students still 0. When the worker hands them each a pound, the equation now looks like this:
3students = 3pounds total
worker = 2 pounds total
manager = 25 pounds total
All adds up to 30. No missing pound.
The students did indeed pay 27, but as the manager has 25 you need to subtract the worker's two pounds, not add.

Another example
each student still payed 10 pounds but the price was 5 more than it was supposed to be. so the manager gives his worker 5 pounds to give back to the students. so he takes 2 out of that 5. it still = 25 but then each kid gets 1 pound back....if it was 25 pounds and 3 kids were splitting the price evenly then they would not be paying 9 pounds each. one kid would pay 9 and the other two would be paying 8. (8+8+9 = 25). with the other 2 left over going to the worker who took it....it all adds up to 27 pounds. (the other 3 were given back to the kids)
8+8+9+2+3 =30!

No one can’t answer the question read it properly and answer it if your clever

its nothing to do with english its Straight forword question if your clever!! and still no1 answered

Answer 1

If your question was well written, maybe I could understand what it says. Please use punctuation. Thanks.

Answer 2

The TV cost 30 pounds originally with each of the 3 giving 10 pounds apiece. The manager refunds 5 pounds of which the delivery person takes 2 for himself. The other 3 he returns to the buyers. Accounting for the 25 they paid for the TV and the 3 they got in return, that's 28 pounds. The remaining 2 is what the delivery guy kept out for himself totaling 30 pounds all together.

Answer 3

Each student paid 9pounds for the TV instead of the 8.33 they should have had to pay. The worker kept the 2pounds that should have been reimbursed -- ie stole it. Only the original payment was 30pounds, and that was supposed to be corrected by giving back the 5pounds.

The only things that need to equal 30 are 25+5 and 10+10+10.

Answer 4

Jesus thats so old.Your english is appalling and u answered the question urself. I knew that answer when u were in ur nappies The managers got 25 they got 1 each =28 plus 2 =30

Answer 5

The fact still remains that they paid 25 pounds in the first place. If you add the three pounds they were given back plus the two pounds the dishonest guy pocketed, that adds up to the original 30 pounds, no?

Answer 6

Not a clue,I come up with the same solution as everyone else, unless the worker is also one of the students,in which case its 27+1+1+1 which would be 30lbs..however Im a Psychopath not genius,so i never expect to get riddles anyway.

Answer 7

hello,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
the shopkeeper took---25
the students got ----3(balance)
the worker take ----2
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30

now the total become 30 yeah ,,,then about which 1pound u r talking abt...........if its not correct then give me the correct answer

Answer 8

Maybe if it were written in straight English, we'd be "that clever" to answer your question.

Answer 9

that was a question

it was too long to read

i thought it was your life story

xD

Answer 10

both of your examples are correct there is no joke or trick to it

Answer 11

all said and done you answered your own question